Thursday, May 1 / 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM   •   Grand Ballroom G

Session 14:
Adolescent Sexual Risk-Taking

Chair: Nancy Williamson, Family Health International
Discussant: Leo Morris, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

  1. Social Networks as Protective Factors for Adolescent Girls in Senegal • Kristen A. Velyvis, University of Wisconsin at Madison

  2. Parental Factors in Adolescent Sexual Risk-Taking in Ivory Coast • Stella Babalola, Johns Hopkins University ; Basile O. Tambashe, Tulane University ; Claudia Vondrasek, Johns Hopkins University

  3. Individual-, Family-, and Neighborhood-Level Effects on Adolescent Childbearing in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A Multilevel Analysis • Ali M. Karim, Tulane University

  4. Coming of Age across America: Local Conditions and Risky Sexual Behavior of Adolescents • Diane K. McLaughlin, Pennsylvania State University ; Anastasia R. Snyder, Pennsylvania State University

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